Singapore has passed a new law introducing mandatory caning for people convicted of scamming.
The city-state already uses physical punishment for crimes like vandalism and robbery.

But with an explosion in financial fraud, extending it to scammers marks a significant escalation.

Al Jazeera’s Patrick Fok reports from Singapore.

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